|||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||||**01**|**01**|**2023**||**31**|**12**|**2023**| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Wokingham Baptist Church **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1134862 **Charity's principal address** |Milton Road|| |---|---| |Wokingham|| |Berkshire|| |**Postcode**|**RG40 1DE**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev Nick Hudson|Minister||| ||Sharon Baynham|Treasurer|From 29 January2023|| ||Stuart Green|Secretary||| ||Prudence Mwanza|||| ||Tim Jinkerson|||| ||Victor Freeney|||| ||Sue Chapman||From 29 January2023|| ||Pat Meadowcraft||From 28 January2024|| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---|---| ||Property Trustees:
The Baptist Union Corporation Limited
Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didcot,
Oxfordshire. OX11 8RT|| ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **Section B Structure, governance and management** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution adopted 17 March 2009] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[Unincorporated association] Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Elected by the church membership] ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|The principal purpose of the church is the advancement of the Christian
faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The church
may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in
the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.| |---|---| ||In order to achieve the principal objective, which is set out above, the
church provides a variety of activities both to its membership and the
community generally.
A major part of the work and witness of the Church is the provision of
regular public services of Christian worship. These services take place
each Sunday at 10.30am and some evenings. Details are provided on
the church website at www.wokinghambaptist.gov.uk
There is a full children’s programme during the morning.
The church runs several small groups, which mainly meet in members’
houses, and which aim to encourage the growth of faith and discipleship.
4321 is a drop-in parent and toddler group for children aged 4 and below
and below takes place on Tuesday mornings, 10am until 11.30 during
term time. Activities include a craft table, painting, story time, as well as a
large play area (taking over the whole church!) and a quiet room for
babies.
An everchanging set of activities for young people also takes place. The c
hurch website gives up to date information.
The church runs a welcome group for people from Hong Kong who have
moved to the area. This explains the fundamentals of living in the UK
and helps attendees to meet other people from Hong Kong and to
assimilate to living in the UK.
The Church runs a group called Celebrate Recovery, helping people to
overcome their ‘hurts, habits and hang-ups’. Details are on the website.
The church operates systems to ensure that all people working with
children and vulnerable adults are appropriately vetted with regard to
the Criminal Records Bureau.
The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit and are satisfied that the activities above
clearly demonstrate that the charity is providing a benefit to the public.| Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## Section D Achievements and performance The church does not measure the success of its activities only in **Summary of the main** numbers, including financial numbers, although income and attendance **achievements of the charity** have both grown year-on-year. **during the year** It focusses on less tangible areas such as fellowship and community. In that context the trustees believe that 2023 was a positive year. ## **Section E Financial review** The church had an overall surplus of receipts over payments in the year **Brief statement of the** of £27,561. **charity’s policy on reserves** The amount of grants and gifts made to outside causes was monitored during the year to ensure amounts were not made in excess of the resources available. A total of £45,193 was made in gifts and grants to outside charitable causes during the year. The trustees have made an assessment of the major risks facing the church, and are satisfied that there are policies in place to minimise these risks. **Details of any funds materially** No funds were in deficit during the year or at the year end. **in deficit** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Stuart Green **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Church Secretary] **Date** 10th October 2024 March **2012** **TAR** 3 **Wokingham Baptist Church 1134863 Receipts and payments accounts For the period To from** 1-Jan-23 31-Dec-23 **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
**205,014**
Income from activities forgeneratingfunds
**10,799**
Investment income
**294**
Small Employers Allowance
**4,901**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**221,008**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 221,008**
**A3 Payments**
Grants and donationspayable
**28,869**
Costs of activities for charitable objectives
**99,254**
Support costs
**57,493**
Loan capital repayments
**12,671**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 198,287**
Assetpurchases
**1,030**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 1,030**
**_Total payments_ 199,317**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 21,691**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**45,728**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 67,419**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
Donations, legacies and similar incoming
resrouces
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**23,145**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,145**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,145**
**16,324**
**151**
**800**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,275**
**5,870**
**-**
**38,599**
**44,469**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**228,159**
**10,799**
**294**
**4,901**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**244,153**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**244,153**
**45,193**
**99,405**
**58,293**
**12,671**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**215,562**
**1,030**
**-**
**1,030**
**216,592**
**27,561**
**-**
**84,327**
**111,888**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**228,159**|**229,380**| |||**-**|**10,799**|**6,957**| |||**-**|**294**|**12**| |||**-**|**4,901**|**4,337**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**244,153**|**240,686**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**244,153**|**240,686**| |||||| |||**-**|**45,193**|**34,848**| |||**-**|**99,405**|**103,945**| |||**-**|**58,293**|**83,884**| |||**-**|**12,671**|**15,210**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**215,562**|**237,887**| |||||| |||**-**|**1,030**|**1,992**| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**1,030**|**1,992**| |||||| |||**-**|**216,592**|**239,879**| |||||| ||**5,870**|**-**|**27,561**|**807**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**38,599**|**-**|**84,327**|**83,520**| ||**44,469**|**-**|**111,888**|**84,327**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Banks
**Details**
Debtors
**Details**
**Details**
Manse - cost
Kitchen - cost less depreciation
**Details**
Mortgage on Manse
Creditors
Creditors
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Church building and contents -
insured value
Sound and media system - cost
less depreciaiton
Office equipment - cost less
depreciation|**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**44,469**
**-**
**-**
**44,469**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**4,467,410**
**505,427**
**902**
**1,458**
**7,203**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**106,028**
**7,837**
**31,740**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**67,419**
**-**
**-**
**67,419**|**44,469**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**44,469**|**-**| |||OK
**to nearest £**
**19,128**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Restricted
Restricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Restricted
Restricted
Unrestricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||Mortgage on Manse||**106,028**|| ||Creditors||**7,837**|| ||Creditors||**31,740**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| |Signature|Print|Name|Date of
approval| |---|---|---|---| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Wokingham Baptist Church On accounts for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2023 Charity no (if any 1134862 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charrty (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 31 December 2023. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Ac*. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed LElow ") in connection with the examination vthich gNes me cause to believe that in, any material resFect.' accounting records were not kept in accordance wtth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting reGords Independent examinerfs statement I have no cOn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: October 2024 Name: Geoffrey Hulme Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (if any): ACMA Address: 25 Wttshire Road. Wokingham. Berkshire. RG401TS IER October 2018